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Research paper thumbnail of An Owl, a Syzygy and Three Syntheses. Connections between Sadeq Hedayat's The Blind Owl and Deleuze and Guattari

Through the application of theory developed by Deleuze and Guattari this essay digs into the disr... more Through the application of theory developed by Deleuze and Guattari this essay digs into the disruptive potential of the surreal and mythic imagery present in Hedayat's novel 'The Blind Owl'. The whirlpool of time and space in 'The Blind Owl', ensuing from a mixture of linear and cyclic time-frames, allows for a scrutiny of the novel along the lines of (Deleuzian) concepts such as aion and chronos, spiritual and bare repetition and the spiritual automaton.

Research paper thumbnail of An Owl, a Syzygy and Three Syntheses. Connections between Sadeq Hedayat's The Blind Owl and Deleuze and Guattari

Through the application of theory developed by Deleuze and Guattari this essay digs into the disr... more Through the application of theory developed by Deleuze and Guattari this essay digs into the disruptive potential of the surreal and mythic imagery present in Hedayat's novel 'The Blind Owl'. The whirlpool of time and space in 'The Blind Owl', ensuing from a mixture of linear and cyclic time-frames, allows for a scrutiny of the novel along the lines of (Deleuzian) concepts such as aion and chronos, spiritual and bare repetition and the spiritual automaton.

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